Catering Housekeeper - Hillingdon

The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; North Hillingdon; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 15,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

On-site nursery facilities (staff)

Staff restaurant

Training and career development

Job summary

The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting housekeepers to join our Facilities team. You will support ward colleagues by ensuring high standards of cleanliness, catering and hygiene, and by serving meals and beverages to patients on schedule.

You will need prior experience in catering or housekeeping, strong communication and customer service skills, and the ability to work on your own initiative. Flexible hours and opportunities for development are offered.

Qualifications

• Experience in catering or housekeeping roles.
• Excellent communication and customer service skills.
• Basic food hygiene and COSHH knowledge is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Assist patients with appropriate meal selections.
• Serve patient meals, beverages and snacks at scheduled intervals.
• Monitor and maintain ward kitchen cleanliness and tidiness.
• Work as part of the ward team to meet patient needs.

Skills

Communication

Customer service

Experience in catering

Job description

Our Facilities department provide a range of support services across the Hospital including catering cleaning and housekeeping. These services help play a vital role in ensuring all areas of our hospital achieve excellent standards of cleanliness, catering and hygiene. We are now recruiting housekeepers to join our friendly and professional team., Our Housekeepers work on our hospital wards with responsibility for monitoring and maintaining our high standards of cleanliness and catering including:

• assisting patients with appropriate meal selections
• to serve patient meals, hot and cold beverages and snacks at scheduled intervals throughout the day and to respond to ad-hoc requirements.
• monitoring and maintaining ward kitchen cleanliness and ensuring its clean and tidy at all times
• To be responsible, where able, for ensuring that the patient's individual needs are met and to work as an integral part of the ward team.

For this role you will need some previous experience of working in either a catering or housekeeping role as well as excellent communication (verbal and written) and customer service skills. Basic food hygiene and COSHH knowledge is desirable but not essential. It is also important that you are able to work on your own initiative.

At Hillingdon Hospital, our vision is to be the best general hospital in the country and to put compassionate care, safety and quality at the heart of everything we do. We are clear that our Vision can only be achieved by our staff who are our most valuable asset.

• flexible hours
• a full range of benefits
• on-site nursery facilities (5% discount for staff)
• restaurant as well as a wide range of training and career development opportunities.

Please note that applicants must be able to demonstrate the right to work in the UK.